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West Virginia v. Barnette

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West Virginia v. Barnette
Court Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
Date decided June 14, 1943

Facts

Joseph Rutherford (1862 - 1942) saw a parallel between the Hitler salute in Nazi Germany (1933 - 1945) to the American schoolchildren saluting the American flag.

Jehovah's Witness take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" very religiously.

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